Experience

Shah Abdus Salam

Work experience
  • Throughout his professional career Mr. Shah gathered with him more than 35 years of diverse experience working with different national and international development organizations with strong strategic leadership skills in directing program staff as well as mobilizing producers in the sector of agriculture and crafts. In 1996, based on his diverse experience, knowledge and vision, he founded a national non-profit charity Development Wheel (www.dew.org.bd) and in 2016 a sister concern Certified Guaranteed Fair trade Social Enterprise called DEW Crafts (www.dewcrafts.com). DEW’s principal aim is to work for marginalized and hardcore poor communities in our country in achieving DEW’s core vision “to have a society where all people enjoy equal rights and equitable access to employment and adequate resources necessary for livelihood and live in dignity.”
  • Mr. Shah completed his graduation and post-graduation in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. His areas of interests include Fair Trade, Sustainable livelihoods, Agriculture, Human Rights and Good Governance, Gender equality and women empowerment and Climate change & environment. He is an active member of many different national and international development networks and organizations such as World Fair Trade Organization-WFTO, WFTO Asia (Ex. Board Secretary and Director), UNCCD-Country Focal, UN Environment Programme, Global Environment Facility’s-GEF, Green Climate Fund, Advisor World Accountable Society, Asian Solidarity Economic Council-ASEC (Country focal), INBER-Fellow, AWED, ICSFD, WFDA, Home Net South Asia, Climate Action Network in South Asia-CANSA, Ecota Fair Trade Forum (Board Chairman), Catalyst 20230, Social Enterprise World Forum-SEWF, Good Market, Market Development Forum-MDF, Coalition for the Urban Poor-CUP, ADAB (Central Member), We Can, CSRL, My Rights, AFON etc. As an active member of these networks, he has participated many national and international conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops and also has traveled more than thirty six countries around the globe.

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